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Reported for libel. Jesus bought me, not anyone else. ..........................................................................................................................
Could you please explain the question in more detail? Which "problem of evil"?
If you are just referring to the evils of their religion....well....I don't particularly see it as being any different than the evils of any other religion. Defeating evil is a personal battle every day for everyone, we all fight within ourselves a battle between what's right and wrong, good and evil. Defeating the evil's of other people? That requires more information.
Could you please explain the question in more detail? Which "problem of evil"?
It isn't a serious topic. FM is flamebaiting again. It doesn't matter what you write. He is going to take the precise opposite position because he just wants to argue.
Hey, no problem. I wasn't even sure I hadn't written FW by accident. I had to go back and check. The mind plays tricks on us all, which reminds me of a semi-relevant story.
When I was a lot younger (about 14-15), a group of friends and I decided to go witch hunting at a location historically infamous for such practices. Being so young at the time, my mind hadn't quite separated fact from fiction, so I wasn't sure whether a witch had supernatural powers or was just an ordinary person who was a bit weird.
Anyway, we pulled up in a big van into this field, literally in the middle of nowhere. As we came to a stop, the headlights from the van were beaming at what I saw as a witch's face. I mean, there was no doubt whatsoever in my mind that is what I saw. A horribly evil looking, pale white face wearing a black witch's hat. I went into a literal panic and started screaming at people that there was a witch outside the van. Nobody seemed bothered outside of giving me the occasional weird look. I looked away and back at the face two or three times. Still a witch's face.
Then, some kind-hearted soul had the decency to mutter, "cow", and before my very eyes the face transformed into what it actually was. It was quite embarrassing, but it taught me a lot about how the mind can play tricks. Especially when it is under stress.
The Muslims don't see you as the infidel there Democrat because the DNC media tells you what to think. If the Muslims are not evil then take you a vacation to Iran you dumb bitch.
Hi, Mint. The problem of evil is an argument in the field of philosophy of religion. It states that an All-Powerful and All-Good God cannot exist because a lot of evil exists in this world. This argument is used by atheists.
By the way, what is FM and FW? I don't understand these words.
This guy isn't me, retard. I have been fooling you for almost 4 years, you think you can reKognise my alts when I'm trying to hide them? I am GOD MOTHER FUCKER, AND i ADDITIONALLY HAVE A LARGE PEONISS
Also, I am Bronto and Mathfan. You fell for it the whole time and never figured it out.
Fact Machine (I think that's what he was using as a name)
Look through the waterfall at around the time I posted this. FM is the child who keeps using puppet accounts to troll my debates. He's spent the last two hours trying to convince me I'm someone I'm not. I don't know though. He's so manically determined that he's slowly beginning to persuade me.
As always, your bigoted hatred for religion paints them all the same.
It's funny how Christianity in the New Testament teachs us to love and forgive even our enemies!
But then again, bigots could not care less about the facts. Now bring up some past wars from thousands of years ago, bu men in the name of God, to try and prove your bigoted remarks.
It amazes me how little the Left says about Islam and Muslims, when it is their religion that truly teaches evil.
I guess Christianity must be the one true faith when you see the Left so often coming out against it, and hardly a peep over the brutal islamic religion.
Yes, exactly... the last i knew, killing non believers was an evil thing. I also think killing Gays and women is an evil thing.... but then again that's just me.
I apologise if I'm getting your meaning wrong, but it sounds like you are trashing Christianity, so hence my rebuttal...
If you had a clue of the Christian faith, and I do not mean the Liberal's twisting of Christianity, you would understand that all true Christians love people, and hate evil.
I realize that you equate Christians speaking out on behalf of vulnerable babies, as being hateful, but then again you have been brainwashed by the world. Did you ever hear the phrase, hate the sin, love the sinner?
I realize that your kind of Christian has no problem with killing unborn babies, so I am not talkng about the evils of cults.
I'm also not talking about extreme case abortions. I'm talking about the vast majority of convenience abortions that you probably support with your vote.
How I look at so called moderate Muslims, who do not embace what the Quran actually says, is that you are similar to so called moderate Christians who refuse to accept what the Bible says about Homosexuality, etc.
I believe you are picking and choosing what parts of your religion you want to follow, and ignoring what your religion actually says when it comes to Homosexuality, treatment to daughter's and wives, treatment to non believers, etc. etc.
I would call these distortions of what their scriptures actually say, as to man made cults such a mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, etc.
How I look at so called moderate Muslims, who do not embace what the Quran actually says, is that you are similar to so called moderate Christians who refuse to accept what the Bible says about Homosexuality, etc.
That's just frightening. So you accept passages such as the following:-
“If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives.” (Leviticus 20:13 NAB)
Insulting him proves you didn't come here to debate
You insult people all the time and by "him" you mean yourself, seeing as "him" is your alt account. You are not here to debate, you are here to be the toilet paper to the ass of reason. I will wipe my reason with you, hoping it rubs off on you.
You know that the New Testament says that he without sin cast the first stone... FOOL!
YOU FOOLS CAN KEEP REPEATING THE OLD TESTAMENT JEWISH LAW EVERY SECOND OF YOUR INSECURE LIVES, BECAUSE YOU ARE SICKENING DECEPTIVE BIGOTS!
Funny how you fools are so silent when it comes to the true hate of Islam. The Quran teaches hate and death for simply being non believers! Their hate filled religion has no Christ who died for a fallen world. All they know is death to non beievers, Gays, Honor killings, death death death, and you fools are silent.
Get a job you childish idiots.
I will return your constant insults every time I waste one second on your vulgar lies.
Thankfully it will be seldom when I give you one second of my time.
Judge not lest ye be judge. -Jesus Christ....................................................................................................................................................
Islam is not based on what Muslims do or don't do.
Please provide the burden of proof. I want to see Islamic texts which encourage murdering women in particular. By Islamic texts, i mean the Quran or Hadith literature.
"An honour killing or shame killing[1] is the murder of a member of a family, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought shame or dishonour upon the family, or has violated the principles of a community or a religion, usually for reasons such as divorcing or separating from their spouse, refusing to enter an arranged marriage, being in a relationship that is disapproved by their family, having premarital or extramarital sex, becoming the victim of rape or sexual assault, dressing in ways which are deemed inappropriate, engaging in non-heterosexual relations or renouncing a faith."
"The concept of family honor is extremely important in many Muslim, Hindu and Sikh communities. The most frequently quoted figure published by the United Nations in 2000 is an estimate of 5,000 killings worldwide each year, most of them in Islamic regions of South Asia, North Africa and the Middle East."
Does the Quran really contain over a hundred verses that sanction violence?
The Quran contains at least 109 verses that speak of war with nonbelievers, usually on the basis of their status as non-Muslims. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.
Unlike nearly all of the Old Testament verses of violence, most verses of violence in the Quran are open-ended, meaning that they are not necessarily restrained by historical context contained in the surrounding text (although many Muslims choose to think of them that way). They are part of the eternal, unchanging word of Allah, and just as relevant or subject to interpretation as anything else in the Quran.
The context of violent passages is more ambiguous than might be expected of a perfect book from a loving God. Most contemporary Muslims exercise a personal choice to interpret their holy book's call to arms according to their own moral preconceptions about justifiable violence. Islam's apologists cater to these preferences with tenuous arguments that gloss over historical fact and generally don't stand up to scrutiny. Still, it is important to note that the problem is not bad people, but bad ideology.
Unfortunately, there are very few verses of tolerance and peace to balance out those calling for nonbelievers to be fought and subdued until they either accept humiliation, convert to Islam, or are killed. Muhammad's own martial legacy, along with the remarkable emphasis on violence found in the Quran, have produced a trail of blood and tears across world history.
Are you still saying that Islam does not teach to kill women nonbelievers?
He is not trashing Christians. Did you not say Christians are supposed to love? What you are doing to him is wrong, and a strawman. The problem of evil relates to the fact that God allows evil and suffering. When I asked a question about this, you attacked me as an alleged bigot. Furthermore, while I disagree with Muslims, they can be decent people.
Furthermore, while I disagree with Muslims, they can be decent people.
People are people, wherever you go in the world. Some good, some bad. There is a tendency to dehumanise the people who believe different things only because it helps us sustain the biases and beliefs of our own culture. I've met a lot of Muslims and most of them have been decent people. In fact, if you remove the cultural element (i.e. only include British Muslims) most of them have been through exactly the same stuff in life I have. Outside of religion we probably share a lot of things in common. Same with Christians of course, but I'm just saying.
You just can't stop hating people, can you?............................................................................................................................
The Quran teaches me that Allah tests people through good and bad times. So evil and suffering are a test from Allah. Therefore, i always find it easy to answer the problem of evil.